Category Archives: Research

Learning disabled early death?

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Children with a learning disability in Scotland are more likely to die prematurely – often from treatable causes, a report has found.

The Scottish Learning Disability Observatory (SLDO) study found that 34% of these deaths were avoidable.

Previous research has found that adults with a learning disability were twice as likely to die from preventable illnesses.

Read all about it: HERE

Scan the brain for learning

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For hundreds of years, school and college exams have been used as practical tools to test students’ learning abilities across the globe. Interestingly, a team of researchers from Georgetown University has now claimed that brain scans provide a more accurate measure of students’ learning than the conventional grade or marks-based systems.

The question is how much the students will be able to apply the learning.

Read all about it: HERE

Dyscalculia research continues to grow

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The dyscalculia blog reminds us that the research into dyscalculia continues to grow and has some great recent findings. See them in the link for today.

Read all about it: HERE

Learning with a tablet

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Contrary to conventional belief, study shows children can learn how to solve a problem on a tablet computer and transfer this learning to the same problem in the physical world

Read all about it: HERE

Do not drill those time tables

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Read the scientific proof that drilling is not a good strategy.

Read all about it: HERE